It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.

Keri Hulme

About Keri Hulme

Portrait of Keri Hulme

Keri Ann Ruhi Hulme (9 March 1947 – 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet and short-story writer. She also wrote under the pen name Kai Tainui. Her novel The Bone People won the Booker Prize in 1985; she was the first New Zealander to win the award,...